disestablishment

English

Etymology

From dis- +‎ establishment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪs.ɪsˈtæblɪʃ.mənt/

Noun

disestablishment (countable and uncountable, plural disestablishments)

1. The taking apart or dissolution of something that had been established.
2. Specifically, the removal of state privileges or patronage from a given church; the removal of a policy of having an official governing religion.
   • 1972, Christopher Hill, The World Turned Upside Down, Folio Society, published 2016, page 77:

     Disestablishment of the church would deprive the gentry of another property right – the right of presentation to a living, a right for which they or their ancestors had paid hard cash and which gave them useful opportunities of providing for a younger son or a poor relation.

   • 2009 October 21, Ruth Gledhill, The Times:

     As evangelicals defect in one direction and traditionalists in the other, and disestablishment beckons with the reform of the House of Lords […].

Synonyms

• abolition

Antonyms

• establishment

Related terms

• disestablish

See also

• antidisestablishment